QuickList.MatchesPrefix

Finds list entries which have a given prefix text.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
ListRef	The reference to the list returned from QuickList.New function.	$List
Text	The text to find.	"Hello"
Flags	Pass 1 to return result as new QuickList. This new list must be freed later using QuickList.Release function. Pass 0 (Default) to modify the list in the List1 parameter. Add 2 to split. This is only useful with first option together (so pass 3 for both). Matching entries will be in new list and non matching entries will stay in old list. Add 4 to reverse operation (NOT).	0	Optional

Result

Returns OK, list or error.

Description

Examples

Finds list entries with same prefixes:

Set Variable [$list; Value:MBS( "QuickList.New"; "Hello¶World¶auto" )]
Set Variable [$matchesList; Value:MBS( "QuickList.MatchesPrefix"; $list; "w"; 0)]
Set Variable [$text; Value:MBS( "QuickList.GetList"; $list)]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "QuickList.Release"; $list )]
Show Custom Dialog ["result"; $text]

Find entries not matching in prefix:

Set Variable [$list; Value:MBS( "QuickList.New"; "Hello¶World¶auto" )]
Set Variable [$matchesList; Value:MBS( "QuickList.MatchesPrefix"; $list; "w"; 4)]
Set Variable [$text; Value:MBS( "QuickList.GetList"; $list)]
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS( "QuickList.Release"; $list )]
Show Custom Dialog ["Result"; $text]

See also

• List.MatchesPrefix
• QuickList.GetList
• QuickList.MatchesPostfix
• QuickList.New
• QuickList.Release
• QuickList.RemovePrefix

Blog Entries

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Created 20th November 2015, last changed 14th December 2023

QuickList.MatchesPostfix - QuickList.MatchesSubString